Last year, NASA laid the groundwork to protect the Apollo landing sites as cultural and historic artifacts, and last week the Google Lunar X Prize Foundation agreed to respect these guidelines. This means the 26 teams trying to land the first private spacecraft on the lunar surface have to steer clear of Apollo sites.

Amy,
Another excellent story that you covered. I think that all of these initial sites (US and Russian) should be left to history and time – be undisturbed for others (if we as the Human Race decide to colonize the Moon) to visit.